“A great man doesn’t seek to lead. He’s called to it.” Sadly not Dominic Cummings to Boris Johnson but Duke Leto Atreides (Oscar Isaac) to his son Paul (Timothée Chalamet) who is having doubts about the role he has been born into. The very youthful Chalamet plays Paul, a name which hardly screams epic —… A hero’s journey begins in the new Dune trailer Read More
Mars attacks in new trailer for Settlers
A home invasion thriller set in a home built on land claimed by incomers to a supposedly uninhabited planet, then taken over by a mysterious and frightening soldier, Settlers look claustrophobic despite the vast, almost empty planet it’s set on. Sofia Boutella and Jonny Lee Miller are trying to survive on Mars with daughter Brooklynn… Mars attacks in new trailer for Settlers Read More
New trailer: pride and prejudice in Ridley Scott’s The Last Duel
The truth does not matter. There is only the power of men. The more things change the more they stay the same… Set during the Hundred Years War, Sir Ridley Scott’s historical drama pits Adam Driver against the worst mullet I’ve ever seen*, with Matt Damon hiding underneath it. *Yes, including Chris Waddle. Here’s the… New trailer: pride and prejudice in Ridley Scott’s The Last Duel Read More
Queenpins Kristen Bell and Kirby Howell-Baptiste are in the money (off) in new trailer
Who doesn’t love a bargain? Queenpins is giving us Kristen Bell AND Kirby Howell-Baptiste — it looks great fun, and if we’re saying BOGOF afterwards it’ll be for all the best reasons. I’m fully expecting the movie to give me the same dopamine hit I get when my Tesco Clubcard vouchers plop through my letterbox…. Queenpins Kristen Bell and Kirby Howell-Baptiste are in the money (off) in new trailer Read More
CORIOLANUS: episode 5 of the GERRYSTORM podcast
Coriolanus in the streets, Aufidius in the sheets. That’s our decision and we’re sticking to it. Fascinating, cultured, and sometimes a little too scratchy — me, and also my Gerrystorm podcast episode on CORIOLANUS. This is episode 5, and while my guest Paula and I have gone all Shakespearean I can assure you there isn’t… CORIOLANUS: episode 5 of the GERRYSTORM podcast Read More
NIM’S ISLAND: episode 4 of the GERRYSTORM podcast
Cancel culture! Rip-off sequels! God! And what actually happens when you’re swallowed by a whale! Just some of the insights my guest – 9 year old Cassian – offered up when together we explored Nim’s Island. I am pretty good at knowing the limits of my own knowledge, so it was only right that I… NIM’S ISLAND: episode 4 of the GERRYSTORM podcast Read More
PS I LOVE YOU: episode 3 of the GERRYSTORM podcast
While PS I Love You is often trite, it’s also sometimes touched by genius*, both deliberate and accidental. *Not Gerard Butler’s Irish accent. Talking me through the glories and disasters of our favourite post-millennial, post-mortem romcom, is PS I Love You expert and all-round Gerard Butler fan Kate Hudson – a woman who, if Oxford University actually knew anything… PS I LOVE YOU: episode 3 of the GERRYSTORM podcast Read More
GEOSTORM: episode 2 of the GERRYSTORM podcast
I literally had to fly in from outer space, edit out 8,274 “umms”, and battle some light drizzle and unseasonably mild temperatures to bring you episode 2 of GERRYSTORM, the podcast dedicated to the filmography of our Greatest Living Weatherman, I mean Scotsman – Gerard Butler. This time I took on the ultimate challenge, aided… GEOSTORM: episode 2 of the GERRYSTORM podcast Read More
Greenland 4 stars
As a comet heads to Earth, a family tries to make their way to safety in Greenland. Despite the early Greenland trailers heralding something out of the ’90s (and how many of us expected Gerard Butler to stab the comet in the head before telling it to “go back to Alpha fucking Centauri”?) the film… Greenland Read More
TV review: The Crown, season 4, plus episode recaps
Read my series review below, or full episode recaps here: episode 1 (Gold Stick), episode 2 (The Balmoral Test), episode 3 (Fairytale), episode 4 (Favourites), episode 5 (Fagan), episode 6 (Terra Nullius), episode 7 (The Hereditary Principle), episode 8 (48:1), episode 9 (Avalanche), and episode 10 (War). Tracing a decade of royal, political and worldwide events – from the assassination of Earl Mountbatten,… TV review: The Crown, season 4, plus episode recaps Read More
Gerard Butler is BACK as Banning: fourth installment announced
Is 2020 finally cutting us some slack? They say good things come in threes, and what a week this has been. First Biden / Harris win the US election. Then a COVID-19 vaccine is announced. And now… there’s a new Has Fallen film. Okay so not always in threes, as this is Gerard Butler’s fourth… Gerard Butler is BACK as Banning: fourth installment announced Read More
BLOG: The Songbird trailer that’s getting people tweeting
What movies does one watch during a pandemic? Brilliant classics? Dumb comedies? Brilliant comedies? Films about, um, pandemics? There has been a lot of chatter this week on social media about upcoming thriller Songbird, a romantic thriller made during the pandemic and envisaging a world in a few years’ time where the COVID situation has… BLOG: The Songbird trailer that’s getting people tweeting Read More
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